Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy satisfies the disclosure requirements according to Art. 12 ff. of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and provides a summary of the processing of your personally identifiable information (“personal data”, “personal information”) on this website.
1. Who is accountable for processing my personal data?
Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA
Carl-Bertelsmann-Straße 270
33311 Gütersloh, Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 5241-80-0
Fax: +49 (0) 5241-80-62321
Email: info@bertelsmann.de
is responsible for processing your data on this website (hereinafter referred to as “we”). We process personally identifiable information (“personal data”) only to the extent necessary in accordance with GDPR provisions and the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).
You can contact our designated Data Protection Officer at the address indicated above by using the reference ‘For the attention of the Data Protection Officer’ or by writing to: datenschutz@bertelsmann.de.
2. What data is collected?
When you visit our website, we process only the minimum necessary information:
Category | Description | Legal Basis |
|---|---|---|
Technical usage data | Browser type, device type, screen size, pages viewed, and similar interaction data | Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR – legitimate interest in improving website performance |
We do not collect identifiable personal data such as names, email addresses, payment information, or IP addresses in retrievable form. The processed technical data does not allow us to identify an individual user.
3. No cookies
On our website, we do not store any cookies or similar tracking technologies on your device.
4. What data is collected and for what purpose?
4.1 General Processing Purposes
Only anonymized, aggregated analytics data is stored. No personal data is retained.
4.2 Framer Analytics
We use Framer Analytics, a privacy-friendly measurement tool that does not use cookies or track users across websites.
Framer Analytics collects only aggregated and anonymized data to understand general usage patterns (e.g., page popularity, visitor device categories).
Framer Analytics comes with the following key features:
No cookies
No cross-site tracking
No advertising identifiers
Data is aggregated and non-personally identifiable
Processing is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in improving service reliability and content relevance).
4.4 Links to other websites
This website may contains links to the website of other website operators. Clicking on the links takes you to the respective websites (e.g. LinkedIn, other companies). With the exception of your access data to make the other website available, no data of yours is transmitted to these website operators.
Our Privacy Policy only covers our website; we are not responsible for the privacy policies of other websites. Nevertheless we recommend that you read the privacy policies of the websites you access by clicking on the links leading to them.
5. Who comes into possession of my personal data?
Within our company those who need access to your information for the purposes described in section 4 will be given access to it. Service providers supporting website hosting and performance may also process anonymized technical data on our behalf. They are bound by our directives and must provide for data security and the confidential treatment of your information under the contract data processing agreements we have concluded with them.
No sharing of information with other recipients such as advertising partners, providers of social media services or credit institutions (“third parties”) takes place.
6. Is my personal data processed outside of the EU or EEA (‘transfer to a third country’)?
The use of Framer Analytics as described in section 4.2 above states no personal data will be collected. Thus, no personal data is transferred outside the EU/EEA.
7. What data privacy rights do I have?
Although we do not collect identifiable information, you are still entitled to the following rights under the GDPR:
Right to information
Right to object to processing that may relate to you
Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
You have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection authority. The authority responsible for us is:
Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit Nordrhein-Westfalen
Kavalleriestr. 2-4
40213 Düsseldorf, Germany
Phone: 0211/38424-0
Fax: 0211/38424-10
Email: poststelle@ldi.nrw.de
You also have the right to contact the data protection authority at your place of residence and request support in pursuing your matter.
8. To what extent does automated decision-making take place?
We do not use any fully automated decision-making processes for any of the purposes set out in section 4.
9. Is profiling done?
No profiling takes place for any of the purposes set out in section 4.
Date of this Privacy Policy: November, 7th 2025
This Privacy Policy satisfies the disclosure requirements according to Art. 12 ff. of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and provides a summary of the processing of your personally identifiable information (“personal data”, “personal information”) on this website.
1. Who is accountable for processing my personal data?
Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA
Carl-Bertelsmann-Straße 270
33311 Gütersloh, Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 5241-80-0
Fax: +49 (0) 5241-80-62321
Email: info@bertelsmann.de
is responsible for processing your data on this website (hereinafter referred to as “we”). We process personally identifiable information (“personal data”) only to the extent necessary in accordance with GDPR provisions and the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).
You can contact our designated Data Protection Officer at the address indicated above by using the reference ‘For the attention of the Data Protection Officer’ or by writing to: datenschutz@bertelsmann.de.
2. What data is collected?
When you visit our website, we process only the minimum necessary information:
Category | Description | Legal Basis |
|---|---|---|
Technical usage data | Browser type, device type, screen size, pages viewed, and similar interaction data | Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR – legitimate interest in improving website performance |
We do not collect identifiable personal data such as names, email addresses, payment information, or IP addresses in retrievable form. The processed technical data does not allow us to identify an individual user.
3. No cookies
On our website, we do not store any cookies or similar tracking technologies on your device.
4. What data is collected and for what purpose?
4.1 General Processing Purposes
Only anonymized, aggregated analytics data is stored. No personal data is retained.
4.2 Framer Analytics
We use Framer Analytics, a privacy-friendly measurement tool that does not use cookies or track users across websites.
Framer Analytics collects only aggregated and anonymized data to understand general usage patterns (e.g., page popularity, visitor device categories).
Framer Analytics comes with the following key features:
No cookies
No cross-site tracking
No advertising identifiers
Data is aggregated and non-personally identifiable
Processing is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in improving service reliability and content relevance).
4.4 Links to other websites
This website may contains links to the website of other website operators. Clicking on the links takes you to the respective websites (e.g. LinkedIn, other companies). With the exception of your access data to make the other website available, no data of yours is transmitted to these website operators.
Our Privacy Policy only covers our website; we are not responsible for the privacy policies of other websites. Nevertheless we recommend that you read the privacy policies of the websites you access by clicking on the links leading to them.
5. Who comes into possession of my personal data?
Within our company those who need access to your information for the purposes described in section 4 will be given access to it. Service providers supporting website hosting and performance may also process anonymized technical data on our behalf. They are bound by our directives and must provide for data security and the confidential treatment of your information under the contract data processing agreements we have concluded with them.
No sharing of information with other recipients such as advertising partners, providers of social media services or credit institutions (“third parties”) takes place.
6. Is my personal data processed outside of the EU or EEA (‘transfer to a third country’)?
The use of Framer Analytics as described in section 4.2 above states no personal data will be collected. Thus, no personal data is transferred outside the EU/EEA.
7. What data privacy rights do I have?
Although we do not collect identifiable information, you are still entitled to the following rights under the GDPR:
Right to information
Right to object to processing that may relate to you
Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
You have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection authority. The authority responsible for us is:
Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit Nordrhein-Westfalen
Kavalleriestr. 2-4
40213 Düsseldorf, Germany
Phone: 0211/38424-0
Fax: 0211/38424-10
Email: poststelle@ldi.nrw.de
You also have the right to contact the data protection authority at your place of residence and request support in pursuing your matter.
8. To what extent does automated decision-making take place?
We do not use any fully automated decision-making processes for any of the purposes set out in section 4.
9. Is profiling done?
No profiling takes place for any of the purposes set out in section 4.
Date of this Privacy Policy: November, 7th 2025
